Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three d…

Thomas Sowell
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Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. ✨ Thomas Sowell (1993). Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays, Hoover Inst Press
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